Today the sky was quite cloudy, and it was cool outside.

However, I did not feel right. In fact, I felt a little sick…homeroom had just ended and I was really out of it.

"Tomoyo? Are you okay?"

That was my childhood friend, Sakura Kinomoto. I forced a smile and told her I was fine.

"…I'm not sure…"

"Really, it's alright. I'm okay, see?"

I was lying through my teeth at this point. I felt quite dizzy and weak, but if I could just make it to the nurse's office…

"Don't worry about me, Sakura."

"…Okay."

She did not look convinced at all, but she turned and went ahead of me. I started off, but then my legs seemed to fall out from under me, and everything went dark for a moment.

When I came to, Sakura was holding me tightly.

"You're really warm. It was a good thing I listened to my heart…"

"Sakura…"

"I'm going to worry about you whether you like it or not, Tomoyo. You're too important to me."

I smiled up at her. "I'm sorry, Sakura. It's just that you've been so tired lately and…"

"And nothing. No matter what happens to me, I would never ever let you hurt yourself like this."

She gave me a slight frown. "You know better, Tomoyo Daidouji. Besides, you would tell me the same thing, right? Now, I'm going to take you to get some rest, okay?"

It wasn't like she would hear my objections, anyways. I was suddenly swept off of my feet and carried to the nurse's office in Sakura's arms.

There were people giving us weird looks, but I didn't mind at all. Oh, it was as if I was in a dream! Carried off to safety by the gallant Sakura…ah, how wonderful…

It turned out that I had a high fever, and I was to get some rest for the time being. Sakura stayed by my side the entire time, and every so often would ask me if I needed anything.

"No, I'm fine. But are you…"

"Tomoyo, you're the one who's sick. Don't worry so much about me."

"I can't help it, Sakura. You're important to me, too."

I really meant that. Sakura was…the person I loved the most in the entire world. If anything happened to her…

…I could not even imagine a world without her, actually. She was that special.

I could see her eyes sliding closed, and she would force herself awake every so often.

I felt a bit sleepy myself, but I stubbornly tried to stay awake as well, just to make sure she was okay.

We both realized what was happening, and so I decided on a compromise.

"Here, Sakura." I linked my hand into one of hers, our fingers intertwined.

"Our hands will be like this, okay? Now both of us can go to sleep and if one needs the other…"

I squeezed her hand to demonstrate. "You see?"

She smiled at the idea. "Yes, that makes sense. You always come up with clever things like this, Tomoyo!"

I smiled back at her. "It's because I have such great inspiration."

"Hoe? What could it be?"

Sometimes, Sakura could be just too cute!

I gave her a wink. "I'll tell you when you're older."

"Mm…okay…"

I felt so tired. I looked out the window at the cloudy sky, and when I looked back at Sakura, she had already drifted off.

She was pretty when she was sleeping, too…

I wished for a long time that I could spend the rest of my life by Sakura's side. She was the only one for me.

I found out that there was someone else she liked…she didn't know it herself, but I could see the love between them. I wasn't sad at all when they finally confessed to each other, I was actually happier than I had ever been…because Sakura was so happy, because she had found someone that she could love and be loved back by.

It's more than enough…that I was close to someone so wonderful as Sakura was.

She's always been…my sunshine on a cloudy day.